12 Games Of Christmas sounded like an interesting movie. Of course, Great American Family is terrible at commercials so I didn’t know a lot about what the plot would be. But I like games, my family likes games. This should be a no-brainer, right?

Kelsey (Felisha Cooper) has invited her friends and family to her house for a holiday dinner. Just before everyone arrives, a board game - 12 Games of Christmas - appears on her doorstep. When the group finds out about the game, they all decide to play.

This was one of, if not THE, worst movie I have seen this year. The acting is absolutely atrocious. I tried to give them some benefit of the doubt but, alas, this feels like some awful community theater production where the director hired all of their friends as actors even though they can’t act. Not only that, the plot is trying really hard to be religious but without actually saying the religious stuff. The players are supposed to receive a “message” in order to leave the game but they are also told they can leave the game at any time. And the messages are things like “Appreciate family!” Not only that, the players are given 12 tasks to complete and frequently told they need to complete them together. But the tasks are individual things like painting ornaments or building a wreath. This feels like a movie that was either written by AI or by a team of writers who each got their own “day” to write then they just mashed them together to make it fit. I hate it.

Rating: Leave the game immediately